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“He could have got his leg trapped in the drive shaft,” Anthony said. “I feel bad because I didn’t thoroughly check the lorry over before leaving Hartlepool.

“I didn’t want him to be stuck in a rescue centre for too long so we decided to offer him a home.”

Lorri, renamed Lucky by Anthony, will join him, his partner Hayley and his six-year-old daughter, Susannah-Lou, at his Hartlepool home once he is fit and well enough, and the branch have carried out all the appropriate checks.

ACO Proctor said: “Little Lorri was very lucky to survive this adventure so his new name definitely suits him! I’m so pleased that he has a new home lined up and that this rather dramatic tale has a happy ending.”

To help the RSPCA continue rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming animals like Lorri, please visit www.rspca.org.uk/give .